diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 997031855a9b9e1101a9e8a907ea702cf2eda47f..15b8bcf0722d8df9a4e7e919cd500b4a4288e6ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.0.4
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.0-20200707210150-b8ebd0951d23
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200707005343-97f868cbd930
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200706165052-9fe7a4fb99a3
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200731184040-494269b53b4d
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200707034311-ab3426394381
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.30.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8b68c028478e4816d489df21a1f8d8cf48983d6f..9304ebd5a8821a8f8e0a59514a7010715b430bd2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200707005343-97f868cbd930 h1:9qzfwyR12OYgn3j3
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200707005343-97f868cbd930/go.mod h1:LHBAaEf48a0/AjU118rjoworH0LgXifhAqmNX3ZRvME=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200706165052-9fe7a4fb99a3 h1:GTfflZBNLeBq3UApYog0J3+hytdkoRsDduGQji2wyEU=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200706165052-9fe7a4fb99a3/go.mod h1:OQgUZq7SjnE0b+8+iIAT2eqQF+2IFHn73tOo+aV11mg=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200731184040-494269b53b4d h1:OKWTmYN5q8XVHo8JXThIH0TCuvl/fLXR7MGVacpqfRg=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/primitives v0.0.0-20200731184040-494269b53b4d/go.mod h1:OQgUZq7SjnE0b+8+iIAT2eqQF+2IFHn73tOo+aV11mg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200510223506-06a226fb4e37/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9 h1:psW17arqaxU48Z5kZ0CQnkZWQJsqcURM6tKiBApRjXI=
diff --git a/gossip/endpoint_test.go b/gossip/endpoint_test.go
index 834d77b51af78090def0565a69339663c9d01c17..3cac2d33c4a753a6b34be971d6c33047c9f697fa 100644
--- a/gossip/endpoint_test.go
+++ b/gossip/endpoint_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright © 2020 xx network SEZC                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license that can be found in the //
+// LICENSE file                                                              //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 package gossip
 
 import (
diff --git a/gossip/gossip.proto b/gossip/gossip.proto
index 8e1455df82e16f2edfc3bf71da5340051c623a55..1f098d4fd83dbd8b24d4727246e4907250d63d6b 100644
--- a/gossip/gossip.proto
+++ b/gossip/gossip.proto
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright © 2020 xx network SEZC                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license that can be found in the //
+// LICENSE file                                                              //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 syntax = "proto3";
 
 package gossip;
diff --git a/gossip/manager_test.go b/gossip/manager_test.go
index 4a76fb6444666a16e2a72768d16c3d218f2252aa..29f9f96a89bc0effb886eebc4da3ac8db4248b3d 100644
--- a/gossip/manager_test.go
+++ b/gossip/manager_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright © 2020 xx network SEZC                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license that can be found in the //
+// LICENSE file                                                              //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 package gossip
 
 import (
diff --git a/gossip/protocol_test.go b/gossip/protocol_test.go
index aaba4e398f895b4c42d8a7fad4250abfb13a3749..0bbb2d9f8586dfc3665c87c67b642f05ac19467d 100644
--- a/gossip/protocol_test.go
+++ b/gossip/protocol_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright © 2020 xx network SEZC                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license that can be found in the //
+// LICENSE file                                                              //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 package gossip
 
 import (